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the dried specimens. They extend half way to the disk or more. 

 When dry the pileus is seen to be sprinkled with shining atoms 

 as in some other species of the same genus. Occasionally the 

 yeUo\y cuticle cracks into squamules or small scales. 



Galera coprinoides Pk. 



CoPEiNus-LiKE Galera. 



(Twenty-sixth State Mus. Rep. p. 59. Agaricus plicatellus Twenty-ninth Rep. p, 66.) 



Pileus membranous, campanulate, soon expanded, often split 

 on the margin, plicate-sulcate to the small even disk, yellowish or 

 ochraceous-yellow ; lamella narrow, close, rounded behind, 

 colored like the pileus; stem slender, equal, hollow, minutely 

 hairy or pruinose, white ; spores elliptical, .00028 to .0003 in. long, 

 .0002 broad. 



Pileus about 6 lines broad ; stem about 1 in. long, half a line 

 thick. 



Grass3'^ ground. Cayuga county. August. 



This small plant was discovered in 1872, but I have not found 

 it since. It is manifestly very rare. The structure of the pileus 

 and its plications are strongly suggestive of the character of the 

 pilel of some of the small species of Coprinus, as is indicated by 

 the name. 



The name Agaricus plicatellus was substituted for Agaricus 

 coprinoides when it was found that the latier name had been 

 previously applied to another species, but since the former sub- 

 genus Galera has been raised to generic^ rank it permits the 

 restoration of the original specific name. 



